Raja Lear Raja Lear, a 1993 Marathi-language adaptation of King Lear. Directed by Sharad Bhuthiadia from a…Belinda YungJanuary 5, 2010
News Shakespeare in India: History of King Lear in India King Lear is an appropriate play with which to illustrate these tendencies and periodisation in…Poonam TrivediJune 22, 2010
News Shakespeare in India: Chronology of King Lear Productions in India 1832 Scenes, Lear (III.iii), English, Chowringhee Theatre, Calcutta. 1880 Atipidacarita, Marathi, tr./adapt. S M Ranade,…Poonam TrivediJune 22, 2010
News Shakespeare in India: Modes of Performance The universalized Shakespeare stream is seen through a Marathi production, directed by Sharad Bhuthadia, by…Poonam TrivediJune 22, 2010
Opening sequence: A self absorbed Lear Sennet. Enter King Lear, Cornwall, Albany, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia and Attendants. (1.i.) The play opened…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear to his daughters Lear: Give me the map there. Know that we have divided In three our kingdom;…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Flattering Goneril Gon: Sir, I love you more than word can wield the matter; Dearer than eyesight,…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Cunning Regan Reg: I am made of the self same metal as my sister, And prize me…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Cordelia’s dilemma Cor: Nothing, my lord. (1.i.87) Cordelia, who had been standing at home distance, is positioned…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear perplexed Lear: Nothing will come of nothing; speak again. (1.i.90) Lear, who had invited her speak…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Cordelia’s plain speaking Cor: Good my lord, You have begot me, bred me, lov'd me; I Return those…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Ready to strike Kent Lear: O, vassal! Miscreant! (1.i.161) Challenged again, the monstrous ego of the monarch is ready…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
France’s proposal to Cordelia France: Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and move lov'd,…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Edmund’s soliloquy Edm: Thou Nature, art my goddess; to thy law My services are bound. Wherefore should…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Kent in disguise Kent: Now, banish'd Kent, If thou canst serve where thou dost stand condemn'd, So may…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear takes umbrage at Oswald Lear: Do you bandy looks with me, you rascal? Osw: I'll not be stricken, my…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
The witty Fool Fool: there, take my coxcomb. Why, this fellow has banish'd two on's daughters, and did…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
The wise and bitter Fool Fool: I have used it, Nuncle, e'er since thou mad'st thy daughters thy mothers; for…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear’s curse Lear: Hear, nature, hear! Dear Goddess, hear! Suspend they purpose, if thou didst intend To…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Artful Regan Reg: O, Sir! You are old; Nature in you stands on the very verge Of…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
The sisters’s solidarity Lear: O Regan! Will you take her by the hand? Gon: Why not by th'hand,…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Regan pushes her luck Reg: What need one? (II.iv.265) Regan pushes her luck, moving from "What should you need…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Ultimate betrayal Lear: No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear’s storm of rage Lear: Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow! You cataracts and hurricanes, spout Till…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Remembers the Fool Lear: My wits begin to turn. Come on, my boy. How dost, my boy? Art…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear’s self-realization Lear: Poor nakes wretches, whereso'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Regan plucks Gloucester’s beard . Glou: By the kind Gods, 'tis most ignobly done To pluck me by the…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Blinding of Gloucester Cornwall: See 't shalt thou never. Fellows hold the chair. Upon these eyes of thing…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Monstrous Regan Regan: Give me thy sword. A peasant stand up thus! (III.vii.79) The production emphasized women's…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Gloucester in darkness Cornwall: Lest it see more, prevent it. Out vile jelly! Where is thy lustre now?…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Gloucester begs Poor Tom to take him to Dover Edgar: Bless thy sweet eyes, they bleed? Gloucester: Know'st thou the way to Dover? Edgar:…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Goneril is attracted to Edmund Goneril: Back, Edmund, to my brother; Hasten his musters and conduct his powers: I must…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Goneril’s increasing power lust Gon: One way I like this well; But being widow, and my Gloucester with her,…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Gloucester’s suicide Glou: Now, fellow, fare thee well. Edgar: Gone, sir: farewell. (IV.vi.41) Gloucester's suicide where the…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Mad Lear Lear: Look, look a mouse. Peace, peace! This pieve of toasted cheese will do't. There's…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Both clarity and passion in madness Lear: Let copulation thrive: for Gloucester's bastard son Was kinder to his father than my…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Reason in madness Lear: There thou might'st behold The great image of Authority: A dog's obeyed in office.…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Self-realization through madness Lear: When we are born, we cry that we are come To this great stage…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Cordelia “redeems nature” Cor: And wast thou fain, poor father, To hovel thee with swine and rogues forlorn,…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear is reborn Cor: O, look upon me, Sir, And hold your hands in benediction o'er me. No,…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Edmund the Machiavel Edm: To both these sisters have I sworn my love; Each jealous of the other,…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear welcomes his fate (imprisonment) Lear: No, no, no, no! Come, let's away to prison. We two alone will sing…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear with Cordelia in his arms Re-enter Lear, with Cordelia dead in his arms; Officer. Lear: Howl, howl, howl, howl! O,…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear imagines Cordelia speaks Lear: A plague upon you, murderers, traitors all! I might have sav'd her; now she's…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Lear’s final soliloquy Lear: And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life! Why should a dog,…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Edgar’s epitaph Edg: The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not…Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013